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bookshlf2b.gif (3419 bytes)ELECTRONIC INDEXES FOR GENERAL AND SPECIFIC TOPICS

Remember that some topics can be researched as a general topic as well as a specific topic. For example, excellent articles about education, business, medicine, etc. may be indexed in the sources used for general topics, so be sure not to make your focus too limited. Always try looking for any topic with indexes recommended for general topics.

USE THIS GUIDE TO SELECT THE DATABASE BEST SUITED TO YOUR TOPIC
Associations
Bioethics
Biography
Books at Richland
Books Worldwide
Business
Careers
Colleges
Companies
Computer Hardware
Computer Software
Controversial Issues
Current Events
Education
Ethnic Studies
Financial Aid
Genealogy
General Article Collections
Government
History
Industry
Literary Criticism
Manuscripts
Maps
Medicine
Novels
Organizations
Photos
Poetry
Radio Programs
Religion
Short Stories
Statistics
Television Programs
Texas
Trade
Transcripts
Universities

By clicking on the title of any of the electronic databases listed below, you will link to the Online Databases Screen.
* Indicates Full-text Databases

Ø General Article Collections,
      Current Events, Controversial Issues

  Article First
  CQ Index
* Dallas Morning News Archive
* Electric Library
* Encyclopedia Americana
* Encyclopaedia Britannica
* Ethnic NewsWatch
* Facts on File
* Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
* Information Please Almanac
  NetFirst
* New York Times
(CD-ROM)
* Periodical Abstracts
* SIRS Researcher
(CD-ROM)

Ø Associations, Organizations

* Associations Unlimited

Ø Biography, Genealogy

  Biography and Genealogy Master Index
* Current Biography
(CD-ROM)
* Encyclopedia of World Biography (CD-ROM)

Ø Books in Libraries Worldwide

  WorldCat

Ø Books in the Richland College Library

  Library Catalog

Ø Business, Industry, Companies, Trade

* ABI/Inform
* Business Dateline
* Hoover’s Online Company Profiles
* STAT-USA
* Thomas Register
* Wall Street Journal
(CD-ROM)

Ø Colleges, Universities

* College Blue Book (CD-ROM)
* CollegeSource

Ø Computer Hardware and Software

* Computer Select

Ø    Education

  AskEric
  ERIC

Ø Ethnic Studies

* Multicultural America (CD-ROM)

Ø Financial Aid

* College Blue Book (CD-ROM)
* CollegeSource











Ø Government

  CQ Index
* Federal Register

Ø History

* Encyclopedia Americana
* Encyclopaedia Britannica
* Encyclopedia of World Biography
(CD-ROM)
* F acts on File
* Famous First Facts
* Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia

Ø Literary Criticism, Novels, Short Stories, Poetry

   Gale Literary Index
* Literature Resource Center
* Periodical Abstracts
* Scribner Writers Series
* Shakespeare Dictionary (CD-ROM)
* Twayne’s Authors Series

Ø Manuscripts

  Archives USA

Ø Maps

* Electric Library

Ø Medicine, Bioethics

* Electric Library
* Encyclopedia of Bioethics (CD-ROM)
  Medline
* Periodical Abstracts
* PubMed

Ø Photos

* Electric Library

Ø Radio and Television Programs, Transcripts

* Broadcast News (CD-ROM)
* Electric Library

Ø Religion

* Encyclopedia of Religion (CD-ROM)

Ø Statistics

* Facts on File
* Information Please Almanac
* STAT-USA
* World Almanac

Ø Texas

* Handbook of Texas
* Texas Almanac

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